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Verizon: Stepping outside the Box with Big Data

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2015

Student Team

  • Ali Ali – Master of Business Administration
  • Ashlyn Gurley – Dual (MSCM/MS Natural Res & Environment)
  • James Wang – Dual (MBA/MSE Industrial and Operations Engineering)

Project Sponsors

  • Anne Robinson – Director, Data Analytics
  • Anne Robinson – Director, Data Analytics Julian Sassoon – Director, Supply Chain Logistics
  • Kevin Wooster – Senior Consultant, Supply Chain Sustainability

Faculty Advisors

  • Steven Skerlos – College of Engineering
  • Joline Uichanco – Ross School of Business

The team analyzed packaging choices in Verizon’s distribution network to reduce empty space in outbound cartons. It built a model to assess carton fill rates and recommended benchmarks, process changes, and shipping strategies to lower cost and material use.